Afghanistan:

NY Times, 2016, Taliban Used Child Soldiers in Kunduz Battle, Rights Group Says.
UNICEF, 2014, Finding a way to stop child recruitment in Afghanistan

Bolivia:

Refworld, 2008, Child Soldiers Global Report 2008 - Bolivia
Child Soldiers International, 2008,Child Soldiers Global Report Bolivia

Botswana:

2004, CHILD SOLDIERS: CRC COUNTRY BRIEFS
Refworld, 2008, Child Soldiers Global Report 2008 - Botswana

Brazil:

NPR, 2016, PHOTOS: Giving Ex-Child Soldiers A Chance To Be Kids Again
Refworld, 2008, Child Soldiers Global Report 2008 - Brazil
The Guardian, 2015, Guns, drugs and bandidos: inside the favela too violent for Rio’s armed police

Burundi:

Amnesty, 20014, Burundi: Thousands of child soldiers threaten possibility of lasting peace
Refworld, 2004, Child Soldiers Global Report 2004 - Burundi
AlJazeera, 2016, Reintegrating child soldiers in Burundi

Cambodia:

VOA, 2009, Former Child Soldier Describes Khmer Rouge
Radio Free Asia, 2007, Child Soldiers — Driven by Fear and Hate

Cameroon:

The Daily Beast, 2015, U.S. Troops Vs. Boko Haram’s Child Soldiers in Cameroon
CNN, 2016, Kidnapped to kill: How Boko Haram is turning girls into weapons
NPR, 2015, What Happens To Kids Who've Been Under The Influence of Boko Haram?

Canada:

UNICEF Canada, Child Soldiers
Telsur, 2016, Canada Joins Growing Arms Embargo Movement Against Saudi Arabia
National Post, 2016, Matt Gurney: Stopping the child soldiers

Cape Verde:

UN High Commission for Refugees, 2008, Child Soldiers Global Report
Child Soldiers International, 2012, Louder Than Words - An Agenda for Action to End State Use of Child Soldiers.

Central African Republic:

BBC News, 2015, Central African Republic: Child soldiers learning to be children again
UN News Centre, 2016, Central African Republic: UN chief ‘deeply troubled’ by scale, nature of harm to children
AlJazeera, 2015, Militia releases 163 child soldiers from ranks in CAR

Chad:

UN News Centre, 2011, Use of child soldiers in Chad an ongoing problem – UN chief
Vanguard, 2105, Chad's Army Rescues 43 Boko Haram Child Soldiers in Nigeria
Afrik-News, 2009, Chad Imprisons Child Soldiers: UN demand their release

China:

ICRC, 2017, China: Practice Relating to Rule 136. Recruitment of Child Soldiers
Human Rights Watch, 2008, Child soldiers and the China factor
NY Times, 2008, Child soldiers and the China factor
South China Morning Post, 2013,China abstains from UN vote on child soldiers

Colombia:

News24, 2016, Colombia's Farc vow to end use of child soldiers
Colombia Reports, 2016, FARC releases 1st of estimated 2000 child soldiers
BBC, 2015, ADVERTISEMENT Colombian Farc rebels 'will discharge fighters under 15'

Cote d’Ivoire:

The Guardian, 2012, Ivory Coast mercenaries train child soldiers for attacks across Liberia border
Mail & Guardian, 2012, Cote d'Ivoire recruits child soldiers from Liberia

Democratic Republic of the Congo:

Child Soldiers International, 2016, Democratic Republic of Congo
The Telegraph, 2009, Congolese child soldiers to give evidence against ‘warlord’ Bosco Ntaganda at The Hague
International Business Times, 2015, DRC child soldiers: Children grow up 'more comfortable with weapons than with books'

Djibouti:

United Nations High Commission for Refugees, 2008, Child Soldiers Global Report.
Child Soldiers International, 2012, Louder Than Words - An Agenda for Action to End State Use of Child Soldiers.

Egypt:

United Nations High Commission for Refugees, 2008, Child Soldiers Global Report - Egypt.
Child Soldiers International, 2012, Louder Than Words - An Agenda for Action to End State Use of Child Soldiers.

El Salvador:

United Nations High Commission for Refugees, 2008, Child Soldiers Global Report 2008 - El Salvador.
Yeomin Ryu: American University, 2013, Children in El Salvador:Getting Exploited and Missing Opportunities.
Samantha Miller: Xavier Journal of Undergraduate Research Files, 2016, Child Soldiers in the Salvadoran Civil War.

Eritrea:

United Nations High Commission for Refugees, 2008, Child Soldiers Global Report 2008 - Eritrea.
Asmarino Independent, 2010, The Eritrean Revolution and its Child Soldiers.

Ethiopia:

United Nations High Commission for Refugees, 2008, Child Soldiers Global Report - Ethiopia.
Child Soldiers International, 2012, Louder Than Words - An Agenda for Action to End State Use of Child Soldiers.

France:

Reuters, 2011, France pushes sanctions to end use of child soldiers
International Business Times, 2014, France's War in Mali: Child Soldiers on the Frontline
BBC, 2015, IS conflict: French raid in Syria 'kills 12 child soldiers'

Germany:

DW, 2017, Germany urges more effort around child soldiers
Federal Foreign Office, Germany supports UNICEF in helping child soldiers

Guinea

Child Soldiers International, 2012, Louder Than Words - An Agenda for Action to End State Use of Child Soldiers.
United Nations High Commission for Refugees, 2008, Child Soldiers Global Report 2008 - Guinea.

India:

Child Soldiers International, 2016, India
Children and Armed Conflict, 2016, India
Time, 2013, Report: There Are 3,000 Child Soldiers in India

Iran:

World Affairs, 2016, Iran Recruits Child Soldiers - Again.
United Nations High Commission for Refugees, 2008, Child Soldiers Global Report 2008 - Iran.

Iraq:

Human Rights Watch, 2015, No Child's Play: Kids Fighting One Another in Iraq Conflict
US News, 2015, Iraq's Child Soldiers

Israel:

UNICEF, 2013, UNICEF on “Children in Israeli military detention”: first progress report
Children and Armed Forces, 2016, Israel and State of Palestine

Lebanon:

Vice, 2013, Lebanon's Sunni Child Soldiers
Almonitor, 2012, Child Soldiers Entering Spotlight As Clashes in Lebanon Continue

Liberia

Mail & Guardian, 2015, Cote D'Ivoire Recruits Child Soldiers from Liberia.
Newsweek, 2013, When Liberian Child Soldiers Grow Up.

Libya:

Child and Armed Conflict, 2016, Libya
Daily Mail, 2011, Children as young as 7 being trained to fight against Gaddafi

Mali:

Children and Armed Conflict, 2016, Mali
BBC, 2012, Mali militants recruit and abuse children, says Unicef
Al Jazeera, 2014, Children 'killed and snatched by Mali rebels'

Mexico:

UN Dispatch, 2011, CHILD SOLDIERS IN THE MEXICAN DRUG WAR
CBS News, 2012, Mexico drug gangs using more children as "mules"
Wired, 2013, How Mexico’s Drug Cartels Recruit Child Soldiers as Young as 11

Myanmar (Burma):

Child Soldiers International, 2012, Myanmar
Al Jazeera, 2015, UN: Myanmar releases 53 child soldiers

Nigeria:

Children and Armed Forces, 2016, Nigeria
Al Jazeera, 2013, Nigeria's Boko Haram 'uses child soldiers

Occupied Palestinian Territory:

HRW, Israel and Occupied Palestine Territories
Child Soldiers International, 2012, Occupied Palestinian Territories

Pakistan:

Child and Armed Conflict, 2016, Pakistan
Dawn, 2012, Pakistan protests UN listing in ‘children and armed conflict’ report
Huffington Post, 2013, Pakistani Militants Using Children In Bombings

Philippines:

IRIN, 2015, Philippines strives to end recruitment of child soldiers
Gulf News Philippines, 2015, Child soldier numbers seen rising amid Daesh recruitment

Russia:

Yahoo, 2015, Ukraine rebels train child soldiers in the making
Daily Mail, 2015, Putin's tiny army: Russian child soldiers trained in battle

Rwanda:

SOS Children’s Village’s, 2010, Rwandan SOS Child who became Child Soldier.
VOANews, 2013, Rwanda Demobilizes Some Child Soldiers.

Sierra Leone:

United Nations High Commission for Refugees, 2008, Child Soldiers Global Report 2008 - Sierra Leone.
National Center for Biotechnology Information, 2012, Sierra Leone’s Child Soldiers: War Exposures and Mental Health Problems by Gender.

Somalia:

Children and Armed Conflict, 2016, Somalia
CNN, 2016, Al-Shabaab child soldiers captured in Somalia firefight
UNICEF, 2016, Never look back: former child soldiers crafting new lives

South Africa:

Relief web, The Use of Children as Soldiers in Africa
IRIN, 2012, Refugee children miss out on school

Spain:

Human Rights Watch, 2009, UN: Strengthen Action to End Use of Child Soldiers
ICRC, Spain Practice Relating to Rule 136. Recruitment of Child Soldiers
Chron, 2007, Former child soldiers forge a new future in Spain

Sri Lanka

UNICEF, Once a child soldier now an ice-creme truck driver
United Nations High Commission for Refugees, 2008, Child Soldiers Global Report 2008 - Sri Lanka.

Sudan:

Human Rights Watch, 2015, South Sudan: Terrifying Lives of Child Soldiers
VOA News, 2016, Sudan Takes Steps to Protect Use of Child Soldiers
Children and Armed Conflict, 2016, South Sudan

Sweden

Swedish Foreign Policy News, 2012, Ending The Use Of Child Soldiers
United Nations Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, 2017, Sweden Report on Children and Armed Conflict

Syria:

Children and Armed Conflict, 2016, Syria: Conflict Takes Unacceptable Toll on Lives of Children
CMonitor, 2015, Recruiting child soldiers in Syria: How to stop it?

Thailand:

Child Soldiers International, Thailand
Children and Armed Conflict, 2016, Thailand
PRI, 2011, Thailand's hidden child soldiers

Uganda:

Al Jazeera, 2016, Tales from Uganda's female former child soldiers
Human Trafficking Center, Difficulties in Re-integrating Uganda’s Child Soldiers

United Kingdom:

The Guardian, 2013, Why do the British armed forces still allow 16-year-olds to enlist
The Guardian, 2015, Nations using child soldiers are invited to British arms fair

United States:

Human Rights Watch, 2015, U.S. must get tough over child soldiers
The Economist, 2013, Why won't America ratify the UN convention on children's rights?
NY Times, 2010, 4 Nations With Child Soldiers Keep U.S. Aid

Vietnam:

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, 2008, Child Soldiers Global Report.
Child Soldiers International, 2012, Louder Than Words - An Agenda for Action to End State Use of Child Soldiers.

Yemen:

Child Soldiers International, Yemen
Independent, 2016, Child soldiers make up a third of Yemeni fighters, says Unicef
UNICEF, 2016, The grieving mother of a child soldier

Zimbabwe:

Child Soldiers Global Report, 2008, Zimbabwe
News Day, 2017, Child soldiers ‘too hungry’ to reintegrate